Cleveland monuments of women: Stephanie Tubbs Jones

This week we're highlighting local monuments to Cleveland women for Women's History Month.

Why it matters: Public art in the U.S. has long presented a lopsided view that can leave the impression that American history is all horses and white male military figures, Axios' Chelsea Brasted reported this month.

• Only 6% of American monuments feature real women as their subjects.

Today's monument: Stephanie Tubbs Jones

Who she was: U.S. representative in Ohio's 11th District from 1999 until her death in 2008.

• Tubbs Jones was Ohio's first African American woman elected to Congress.

Details: Her monument is a seated bronze statue on a bench at East Boulevard and Wade Oval in University Circle.

• Lakewood sculptor (and former president and CEO of the Cleveland Institute of Art) David Deming created the sculpture in 2010.

Of note: The RTA bus depot near Cleveland State is named for Tubbs Jones.